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Re: What about the discussion board?
Author: Mongo
Date: 07-01-2010 - 06:43
David Curlee Wrote:
> Earlier this year I refrained from commenting
> because I wasn't sure what to say. I had no
> answers to provide anybody. At the time, I was
> discussing the timetable business with potential
> buyers, but that has since ended. Nevertheless, on
> March 25th, I replied to your post directly. And
> since you replied back, I know for a fact you saw
> it.
> [www.altamontpress.com]
> ,41501,41625
>
> I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, maybe you
> forgot about this. But contrary to what you said,
> I haven't ignored you or remained silent on this
> topic.
Okay, that did slip my mind---my apologies on that. But I beg to differ on ignoring and/or remaining silent. In your own words, you say that you refrained from commenting. THAT is ignoring, and that's probably why I forgot. Since others had the same questions that I did, the comment inserted into a thread over three months ago was probably not seen by most people since it was never really "announced" as everything else was. So just to be clear, as I understand things, you have ZERO interest in keeping the board around as long as there is no Altamont Press Timetable business. If the Timetable business goes, so does the discussion board. If I'm understanding that correctly, that's a shame. But we'll live.
> I doubt you'll like my answer, but here it is
> anyway. The new rules exist because of you,
> specifically the Trainorders bashing thread you
> started a few weeks ago. What upset me the most is
> you've done this before, plus you know better. I
> don't think you're a bad guy, but you went too
> far. The rules are now a necessary evil.
Of course I know that the "new rules" were put into place because of my comments about Trainorders. What bothers me is that you had to set new rules (into, by your own admission, a dying forum), instead of contacting me directly and telling me to knock it off. It's just like what happens at work. One person screws up, and the next thing you know, management puts out a memo on a new "policy change" because of what one person did. And this new policy change effects the entire organization. What a crock. I promised myself when I became a supervisor/manager, I would never do such a stupid thing. I would instead approach the person who created the problem, talk with them about it, and that would be the end of it. No need to come up with a "new policy" based on one minor incident. But good managers, good supervisors, and good moderators are hard to come by these days in my opinion. And we absolutely disagree (which is okay) on the appropriateness of what I posted about that other website. Since many people read both this website and the other website, I thought it was fair to tell people the true story of what is going on behind the scenes over there so that they can protect their wallets. But I'm aware of the fact that this is your website, and thus, your rules. But that doesn't mean I can't disagree with you. And in this case, I absolutely do, and I believe you were wrong in how you handled it. Maybe you're friends with the guy---I don't know, and I don't care. But I stand by what I said about him and his low-life tactics.
Mongo
> Earlier this year I refrained from commenting
> because I wasn't sure what to say. I had no
> answers to provide anybody. At the time, I was
> discussing the timetable business with potential
> buyers, but that has since ended. Nevertheless, on
> March 25th, I replied to your post directly. And
> since you replied back, I know for a fact you saw
> it.
> [www.altamontpress.com]
> ,41501,41625
>
> I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, maybe you
> forgot about this. But contrary to what you said,
> I haven't ignored you or remained silent on this
> topic.
Okay, that did slip my mind---my apologies on that. But I beg to differ on ignoring and/or remaining silent. In your own words, you say that you refrained from commenting. THAT is ignoring, and that's probably why I forgot. Since others had the same questions that I did, the comment inserted into a thread over three months ago was probably not seen by most people since it was never really "announced" as everything else was. So just to be clear, as I understand things, you have ZERO interest in keeping the board around as long as there is no Altamont Press Timetable business. If the Timetable business goes, so does the discussion board. If I'm understanding that correctly, that's a shame. But we'll live.
> I doubt you'll like my answer, but here it is
> anyway. The new rules exist because of you,
> specifically the Trainorders bashing thread you
> started a few weeks ago. What upset me the most is
> you've done this before, plus you know better. I
> don't think you're a bad guy, but you went too
> far. The rules are now a necessary evil.
Of course I know that the "new rules" were put into place because of my comments about Trainorders. What bothers me is that you had to set new rules (into, by your own admission, a dying forum), instead of contacting me directly and telling me to knock it off. It's just like what happens at work. One person screws up, and the next thing you know, management puts out a memo on a new "policy change" because of what one person did. And this new policy change effects the entire organization. What a crock. I promised myself when I became a supervisor/manager, I would never do such a stupid thing. I would instead approach the person who created the problem, talk with them about it, and that would be the end of it. No need to come up with a "new policy" based on one minor incident. But good managers, good supervisors, and good moderators are hard to come by these days in my opinion. And we absolutely disagree (which is okay) on the appropriateness of what I posted about that other website. Since many people read both this website and the other website, I thought it was fair to tell people the true story of what is going on behind the scenes over there so that they can protect their wallets. But I'm aware of the fact that this is your website, and thus, your rules. But that doesn't mean I can't disagree with you. And in this case, I absolutely do, and I believe you were wrong in how you handled it. Maybe you're friends with the guy---I don't know, and I don't care. But I stand by what I said about him and his low-life tactics.
Mongo
